SummerSlam in Florida?

[MrRant 0]

BY JIM VARSALLONE

 

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Toronto (Canada), Manchester (England) and Tampa (Florida) are in the running to host the WWE pay-per-view SummerSlam in August.

 

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays baseball team plays home games indoors at Tropicana Field in a 43,772-seat stadium. That does not include seating on the field.

 

Baseball season begins Sunday, April 4 and runs through September. WWE must schedule the event when the Devil Rays are traveling or select another venue in the area, if it decides Tampa is the place. Tropicana Field is the largest indoor facility in the area.

 

The Devil Rays play at Tropicana Field on Sunday, Aug. 22. They are on the road Aug. 15 and 29. Many WWE stars live in the Orlando/Tampa area.

 

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sport...ing/8352166.htm

 

Edit : I meant to type Manchester in the sub title. If a mod could fix that would be great.

Edited April 4, 2004 by MrRant

[deancoles 0]

I hope by Manchester they mean the City Of Manchester Stadium and not Old Trafford.

 

Edit: The football(soccer) season starts in August and games are mostly played on a Saturday and a couple on Sundays so I doubt they'll have it over here.

Edited April 4, 2004 by deancoles411

[Ultra Violence 0]

It would be at the MEN probably.... its fucking great they're considering doing a (real) PPV here, if I was Vince i'd hold it at the Millenium Stadium, Cardiff.

[deancoles 0]

The MEN wouldn't have that Big Event feel, the Man City ground would be awesome as a Wrestling Venue,It holds about 48,000 so it would probably sell out.

 

 

 

 

Edit: Put in some pics

Edited April 4, 2004 by deancoles411

[Lil' Bitch 0]

It would be nice if they could do SummerSlam at SkyDome, I'm always a mark for that arena, if not I guess Tampa will do. Not a surprise since Floridian WWE fans get Armageddon now.

[Guest I Got Banned for Sucking]

I nearly had a heart attack when I saw Tampa's potential SummerSlam venue. Holy shit! Even without field seating, that's a big-ass fucking arena. Business isn't looking bad for now - if WWE are considering Tampa's Tropicana Field for SummerSlam. And dean, those pics look awesome.

 

And I encourage someone to bump my Dream WrestleMania Venues thread, and I was going to start a thread about Dream WWE Pay-Per-View Venues In General.

 

And... WWE are seriously considering holding SummerSlam overseas? Hold a Pay-Per-View down here!

 

Whenever I think of this year's SummerSlam now, I picture Edge.

 

Anyway, I can see the event ending up in Toronto.

[MrRant 0]

If I were a mod... I'd edit our your italics and bolding.

[Garth 0]

It would be awesome if they did a PPV with some actual consequence over here in England, I do however wholeheartedly agree that if one did happen over here it should take place at the Millenium stadium.

 

I was there last Saturday in person to watch Italy vs Wales in the Six Nations rugby Tournament (in which Wales gave Italy a good kicking) its probably the nicest stadium i've been to its nicer than the Skydome definatly, and the Millenium stadium can hold over 80k as it had that many people on Saturdayand it wasn't even full.

[Guest I Got Banned for Sucking]

One of the greatest stadiums that I've ever seen is San Diego's Petco Park.

 

And G, if you guys do get SummerSlam, consider yourself lucky!

 

Even more so if you live in Manchester.

[Garth 0]

Yeah it would be sweet getting Summerslam, it would be a good buisness move by Vince IMO if it was over here because the UK isn't oversaturated by shows let alone big shows like this and it would be a garunteed sell out as the UK's relatively small so people would travel from more or less anywherte in the country to come see a big show like this.

[AnonymousBroccoli 0]

I've got a poster that has SummerSlam scheduled for August 15th. The Rays aren't playing at home that day, but the Jays are. The Argos are playing on the 8th. The 22nd seems to be the only suitable Sunday free for SkyDome.

 

Jays

Rays

 

There's a SmackDown! taping in Toronto June 1st, so I imagine if they're going to announce it, that'll be when. They did the same with WM18.

[Ultra Violence 0]

If its at the Millenium Stadium, I guarentee i'll go to it. I'd consider Manchester too.

[Guest I Got Banned for Sucking]

A big Pay-Per-View would be a guaranteed sell-out down here - you should see the fanbase. I can't think of how quickly tickets would sell-out.

 

But unfortunately, it'd be in Sydney or Melbourne - but hey, I'd go.

 

But, also unfortunately, the chances of them coming to Australia for even a Pay-Per-View the likes of Rebellion or Insurrextion are minimal, as WWE have no real business ties with our country.

[cawthon777 0]

My money is on Toronto's Air Canada Center since Vince has been so dome shy lately.

[The Tino Standard 0]

Considering that they were going to hold a WM at Tropicana a couple years ago, only to discover that the walk from the locker room to the ring would be half-mile, and thus, not a viable option, then I don't see what would change now. And like Cawthon said, they're shying away from dome shows, so if it DID come to Tampa, it would probably be at the Ice Palace, or whatever they call the hockey arena.

[Art Sandusky 0]

What shying away from stadiums? A year ago (roughly) they sold out Safeco Field. Wrestlemania XX was going to be at MSG no matter how awesome business was, even if 100,000 people had lined up outside the LA Coliseum to get tickets.

[spman 0]

I highly doubt WWE would consider having a major PPV like summerslam abroad in England. Because of the difference of time, the show would ahve to be pretaped, and I don't think WWE wants to have spoilers leaked for it's second biggest Pay Per View of the year. It happened in 1992, and it did cause a minr impact on the buyrate.

[The Tino Standard 0]

What shying away from stadiums? A year ago (roughly) they sold out Safeco Field. Wrestlemania XX was going to be at MSG no matter how awesome business was, even if 100,000 people had lined up outside the LA Coliseum to get tickets.

Wrestlemania is at Staples Center next year. I can see why you'd go back to the small MSG this year for WM, but why a small arena next year too?

[Guest Choken One]

LA is big market...He'd make equal money running a show at LA as he would in a DOME.

 

He knows he can charge TRIPLE the ammount and make a big gate.

[Guest webmasterofwrestlegame]

The guy that wrote this column for the Herald based it on some 'news' in an April 1st newsletter - the very newsletter had a disclaimer at the bottom saying everything had been amde up as an April's Fools.

 

So all this talk of a proper WWE PPV in England is fiction as indeed must be the other locations listed (but thats not to say they may not REALLY be considered).

[JJMc 0]

I nearly had a heart attack when I saw Tampa's potential SummerSlam venue. Holy shit! Even without field seating, that's a big-ass fucking arena. Business isn't looking bad for now - if WWE are considering Tampa's Tropicana Field for SummerSlam. And dean, those pics look awesome.

 

And I encourage someone to bump my Dream WrestleMania Venues thread, and I was going to start a thread about Dream WWE Pay-Per-View Venues In General.

 

And... WWE are seriously considering holding SummerSlam overseas? Hold a Pay-Per-View down here!

 

Whenever I think of this year's SummerSlam now, I picture Edge.

 

Anyway, I can see the event ending up in Toronto.

I was just wondering, do you take the time to always italicize Wrestlemania...or do you have some kind of preset that does it? Because you've been doing it since before Mania XX.

[Ultra Violence 0]

I highly doubt WWE would consider having a major PPV like summerslam abroad in England. Because of the difference of time, the show would ahve to be pretaped, and I don't think WWE wants to have spoilers leaked for it's second biggest Pay Per View of the year. It happened in 1992, and it did cause a minr impact on the buyrate.

not really, I wouldn't mind going to it if it started at 1am

[SamoaRowe 0]

Too bad the Manchester they were referring to wasn't in regards to Manchester, NH

 

 

The second biggest WWE pay-per-view of the year held at the Verizon Wireless?!? Ha! I don't think they have sunk that low yet, though it would make me happy because I live 25 minutes away.

[Guest I Got Banned for Sucking]

All I can say is, the thought of holding SummerSlam at Tropicana Field or the home of WWF WrestleMania X-8, the Toronto Skydome, is excellent - it's strange that they're holding WrestleMania 21 in an arena with a seating capacity in the 18,000s when they're considering such venues for SummerSlam.

 

And by the way JM, no preset - I do it.

[slimm44 0]

I read this this morning and was pumped. I hope it is in Tampa because I'll be down here for college. When they were here for a house show at USF there was a pretty big crowd.

[Guest Choken One]

All I can say is, the thought of holding SummerSlam at Tropicana Field or the home of WWF WrestleMania X-8, the Toronto Skydome, is excellent - it's strange that they're holding WrestleMania 21 in an arena with a seatin capacity in the 18,000s when they're considering such venus for SummerSlam.

 

And by the way JM, no preset - I do it.

Once again...

 

The Concept you and others seem to neglect is this

 

L.A is the second biggest city in America and thus the location alone adds more prestige then a show in Tampa would.

 

Also, Vince learned for events like WM, he wants the BEST market for advertisements and L.A is the second best for that capability. In the Smaller Staples Center, he can charge an SICK price for it as it would be justified due to limited seating as opposed to another Dome show where he couldn't charge as much. WMXIX And XX were sell outs...but Vince made a SHITLOAD more from the gates at MSG then he did at Safeco. At Staples, he can risk charging DOUBLE what he charged for ManiaXX which was DOUBLE what he charged for Safeco.

 

It's all about Making money and LA will make more money for Vince and WWE then a dome show would. So why not save that Dome show in Tampa for SummerSlam since it will likely sell out just as much as Mania would have. Here he can make the MONSTER GATE with Mania which will already be a sellout in the smaller venue and give Summerslam another big gate with a big dome show? Makes Slam seem important and it should be as it's historically outdoes Mania in Quality.

[Guest I Got Banned for Sucking]

All I can say is, the thought of holding SummerSlam at Tropicana Field or the home of WWF WrestleMania X-8, the Toronto Skydome, is excellent - it's strange that they're holding WrestleMania 21 in an arena with a seatin capacity in the 18,000s when they're considering such venues for SummerSlam.

 

And by the way JM, no preset - I do it.

Once again...

 

The Concept you and others seem to neglect is this

 

L.A is the second biggest city in America and thus the location alone adds more prestige then a show in Tampa would.

 

Also, Vince learned for events like WM, he wants the BEST market for advertisements and L.A is the second best for that capability. In the Smaller Staples Center, he can charge an SICK price for it as it would be justified due to limited seating as opposed to another Dome show where he couldn't charge as much. WMXIX And XX were sell outs...but Vince made a SHITLOAD more from the gates at MSG then he did at Safeco. At Staples, he can risk charging DOUBLE what he charged for ManiaXX which was DOUBLE what he charged for Safeco.

 

It's all about Making money and LA will make more money for Vince and WWE then a dome show would. So why not save that Dome show in Tampa for SummerSlam since it will likely sell out just as much as Mania would have. Here he can make the MONSTER GATE with Mania which will already be a sellout in the smaller venue and give Summerslam another big gate with a big dome show? Makes Slam seem important and it should be as it's historically outdoes Mania in Quality.

Excellent reasoning there. If SummerSlam were to be in Toronto, Vince could hold it at a smaller arena, and still get what he would've for Edge.

 

But I don't know if he'd hold it in Toronto without using the Skydome.